At the beginning of the year, I always like to set myself a couple of little goals. Nothing too big, just a few things that I would like to achieve over the next twelve months, and I thought that I would tell you the five things that I would like to achieve during 2025 and whether or not I managed to achieve 2024’s goals.
A picture of me holding my Cane.
Anyway, that’s enough of me rambling, here’s five things I would like to achieve in 2025.
1. Celebrate my 35th Birthday.
In August I turn 35, and I would love to mark the occasion in some way, shape or form. I’ve already booked Tickets to see Six The Musical in Bradford again, as well as Anastacia perform her Not That Kind 25 Tour in York, and Kylie Minogue perform her Tension Tour in Manchester, but i’m not quite sure how I would like to actually celebrate my Birthday just yet.
2. Get to grips with Bradford City Centre’s new Pedestrianised Layout.
I used to be able to navigate through Bradford City Centre on my own, but with them pedestrianising the entire City Centre, they’ve totally changed where everything is, especially most of the landmarks that I use to figure out exactly where I am. So I would love to be able to just walk around the City Centre again and not have to worry about whether or not i’m going to walk into something that previously wasn’t there.
3. Take a step back from X.
Unfortunately x, formally Twitter, has become an absolute Dumpster Fire of a Social Media Platform over the past twelve months, and even though I have no plans to totally leave the Site as i’ve found an amazing community over there, I would love to not use it as much.
4. Stop buying so many Beauty Subscription Boxes.
From Beauty Bay to Latest In Beauty, and even the Lush Kitchen Box, I just couldn’t stop buying Beauty Subscription Boxes last year, and even though the reason that I buy them is because they’re either incredibly great value for money or that the contents seems really interesting, I just don’t have enough space on my Beauty Shelves to store everything.
5. Try and cut down on the amount of Fizzy Pop that I drink.
I don’t drink as much Fizzy Pop as I use to, but I still drink a fair amount, and I would love to be able to at least cut back on the copious Glasses of Coke that I drink.
There you go, that’s the five things that I would like to achieve in 2025, but did I manage to achieve 2024’s Goals?
Well yes and no, as I managed to achieve four out of five of them, which I think is really good.
1. Celebrate my Blog turning ten years old.
I still can’t believe that my little place on the Internet is now ten years old. But I actually managed to achieve this one, as back in October I held a little giveaway to mark the occasion.
2. Use up some of my massive Lush collection.
Don’t get me wrong, I could definitely stand to use up a lot more products, but I have actually managed to use up a fair amount of Lush products over the past twelve months, especially Shower Gels, Shower Jellies and Soaps. I’m also not hoarding as many limited edition products as I used to anymore and am actually using them. It doesn’t really help with them releasing a new range literally every week at this point though.
3. Discover a few new Restaurants.
Unfortunately I didn’t manage to achieve this one, as with Bradford City Centre deciding that the entire City Centre was going to become pedestrianised before the end of the year, after I had navigated through all of the Roadworks and Barriers that they had put in place, I usually just wanted to go somewhere familiar when I had been out and about.
4. Finally finish watching some of the many TV Shows that i’ve started.
I actually managed to achieve this one too, as even though I haven’t managed to finish watching as many TV Shows as I would have liked, I have managed to finish a few of them, including 2 Broke Girls, Big Bang Theory, and New Tricks.
5. See more Live Music.
I also managed to achieve this one, as back in June I went to see Girls Aloud perform their The Girls Aloud Show Tour in Leeds. I would still like to see even more Live Music though.
There you go, that’s the five things that I would like to achieve in 2025 and whether or not I managed to achieve 2024’s goals.
What would you like to achieve in 2025? Did you manage to achieve your goals for 2024? Please let me know down below.
This Post may contain Affiliate Links, but Posts are not Affiliate driven.
Luke x
Great blog, Luke. 2024 had its’ ups and downs for me. In the summer I had some stomach pain and my nurse sent me for a scan. Come to find out I had a non-cancerous fibroid tumor, a cyst and a blocked tube. I wasn’t able to see a specialist until late October. Come to find out these were all in normal limits and since I’m not going to have children there is nothing to worry about.
2024 also brought joy! Matt and I became grandparents to our first grandson. He was born on October 1st.
2025 I have some goals. I want to preform my poem, “Broken and Healed” to churches who want to host me. I want to finish writing and publish my book with the same title.
I want to find delight in the Lord, have gratitude for what I have, and heal from the past. With Jesus I can do anything.
Great blog, Luke. 2024 had its’ ups and downs for me. In the summer I had some stomach pain and my nurse sent me for a scan. Come to find out I had a non-cancerous fibroid tumor, a cyst and a blocked tube. I wasn’t able to see a specialist until late October. Come to find out these were all in normal limits and since I’m not going to have children there is nothing to worry about.
2024 also brought joy! Matt and I became grandparents to our first grandson. He was born on October 1st.
2025 I have some goals. I want to preform my poem, “Broken and Healed” to churches who want to host me. I want to finish writing and publish my book with the same title.
I want to find delight in the Lord, have gratitude for what I have, and heal from the past. With Jesus I can do anything.